UPDATE: Walmart Stabbing Suspect Identified, Was Stopped By “Good Guy With Gun”

The lunatic went on a stabbing rampage at a Michigan Walmart yesterday afternoon has just been identified as 42-year-old Bradford James Gille.

He is being charged with terrorism, as well as assault with intent to murder.

Take a look:

Here he is.

Bradford James Gilley.

I hope he never sees the light of day again. https://t.co/jgvqcu9ucG pic.twitter.com/v0kwhx2ISa

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 27, 2025

Here’s another photo:

The suspect is 42-year-old Bradford James Gille of Afton (Cheboygan County).

He has a prior police record for assaultive behavior and controlled substance allegations in Michigan and possibly in Florida.

He will be arraigned tomorrow on multiple felony charges, including… pic.twitter.com/w4YkT2Wr4d

— 0HOUR (@0HOUR1__) July 27, 2025

Gille has a criminal record with multiple previous arrests.

His mental health is also very…questionable.

He allegedly wrote a book claiming that he is Jesus Christ:

Walmart stabbing suspect Bradford James Gille, wrote a book saying that he is Jesus Christ 😆 pic.twitter.com/Dx3i2hM7ku

— Disclosure King (@DisclosureKing) July 27, 2025

The New York Post reported:

He has multiple past arrests for criminal mischief and drug offenses and previously served 49 days in jail in Florida in 2014 for vandalism.

Two possible self-published books by Gille and available on Amazon reveal him as a born-again Christian.

The author turned to prayer at age 14 in 1997 after the “unfortunate loss of one of my close friends,” the blurb on one of the books reads.

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The book, which purports to be autobiographical, lays out how its author had dreams tracing his past lives back millions of years.

“Some of those New Testament dreams of mine portrayed me as Jesus Christ or God and him as Judas Iscariot,” the writer says.

In another book published in January last year, the author describes an apparent autobiographical account of his “astonishing revelation of his own identity as Jesus Christ and the spirit as Judas Iscariot.”

At this time, police have not revealed a motive for the attack.

Due to the terrorism charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Detroit Free Press has more:

Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea announced the requested charges during a news conference Sunday, July 27, the day after the attack. He identified the suspect as Bradford James Gille, of Afton, a small, unincorporated community near Indian River in Cheboygan County.

While Shea said a motive behind the attack remains unknown, Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg explained the rationale behind the plan to seek a terrorism charge, in addition to 11 counts of assault with intent to murder for each of the injured victims.

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A terrorism charge fits when there is a mass incident that appears to be a random act of violence that seems done “to put fear in the entire community,” she said. Moeggenberg said her office anticipates authorizing charges on Monday, July 28, and expects the suspect to be arraigned that day or the next. A terrorism charge is punishable by life imprisonment, Moeggenberg said.

“Mr. Gille’s history shows prior assaultive incidents as well as controlled substance violations,” Shea told reporters.

He declined to comment on Gille’s mental health history, but he didn’t rule out the possibility that mental health may have played a role. “I think it’s fair to say that any time that you have someone that commits an incident or an act like this, there is some sort of mental health issue involved,” he said.

Gille stabbed eleven people, ages 29 to 85. Six of them were over the age of 60.

Thankfully, all of the victims are expected to survive.

But, it could have been worse if a “good guy with a gun” wasn’t there to stop him.

Witnesses say a Walmart customer with a legal, concealed gun subdued Gille until police arrived.

Check this out:

Good guy with a gun stopped Walmart mass stabbing suspect, witnesses say. pic.twitter.com/SrGMmdC75Z

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 27, 2025

This hero has been identified as Derrick Perry.

Meet Derrick Perry, the GOOD GUY HERO with a legal firearm who helped subdue the Walmart mass stabbing suspect who stabbed 11 people in Traverse City, Michigan, until police arrived, per local reports.
Give this man the recognition and reward his actions deserve.
Good men who… pic.twitter.com/EZcUilVPKr

— The Colossus of N.Y. (@ColossusofNY) July 27, 2025

Here’s a video of Derrick Perry holding Gille at gunpoint to stop him while waiting for law enforcement to arrive:

THIS IS HOW IT’S DONE👏👏👏

Yesterday, a LOWLIFE decided to go on a STABBING SPREE at a Walmart in Michigan!

Derrick Perry was an innocent bystander WHO HELD THE SUSPECT AT GUNPOINT till police arrived.

Derrick is a hero. pic.twitter.com/vthl3viMSN

— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 27, 2025

What a hero!

Derrick Perry deserves to be commended for his brave actions.

On another note, this just goes to show you what a farce gun control is.

Democrats will tell you that we need to ban guns to stop violence.

But, we just saw that it isn’t true, at all.

Gille wasn’t armed with a gun and he committed a terrible act of violence with a folding knife.

Perry was armed, and he used that gun to stop countless other innocent victims from getting hurt or killed.

Exactly this:

It’s not the weapon, but the person behind it and how they use it. Never let anyone convince you otherwise.